Nice article. WRT the "level of detail" section, the rule I use in mentoring students is that your comment shouldn't tell me what you're doing, since I can read the code to see that. It should tell me why you're doing something.
Very true.
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Nice article. WRT the "level of detail" section, the rule I use in mentoring students is that your comment shouldn't tell me what you're doing, since I can read the code to see that. It should tell me why you're doing something.
Very true.